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The Aloha Project at a glance

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The Aloha Project

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

66% of The Aloha Project’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Aloha Project named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $5k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’21
1
’22
1
’23
6
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$11kHealth$4kReligion$3kEducation$3kHuman Services$2kArts & Culture$1kInternational$750Environment$550Other$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$82k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen$1,600
Association of Chinese from Vietnam$1,500
Boys Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin$500
Individual grant recipient$500
Friends Of Hawaii Volcanoes Nationa$300
Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation$250
Doctors Without Borders$250
Kokua Hawaii Foundation$250
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 73% of grant dollars ($19k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 27% that went abroad ($7k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Association of Chinese from Vietnam: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Beyond the US: 27% of all-years giving ($7k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$7k · 2 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 23% of The Aloha Project’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Aloha Projectlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 29% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
2
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

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3
Kuakini Foundation

The mission of kuakini foundation is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and programs;…

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4
Tmt International Observatory Llc

Tmt international observatory (tio) was founded by the members listed below exclusively to further charitable, educational and scientific purposes and, within such limits, to advance scientific knowledge and education through the study,…

Science & Tech
5
University Clinical Education & Research Associates (Ucera)

Ucera is a non-profit organization established to further the missionsand visions of the john a. burns school of medicine (jabsom) and other health sciences schools of the university of hawaii (uh). it contributes to their goal of…

Health
6
The University of Hawaii Alumni Association

To advance the interests of the university of hawaii, alumni, and friends through mutually beneficial and lifelong relationships, to generate support for the university, and to participate in events that showcase the university's…

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7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
8
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
11
Hawaii Culinary Education Foundatio

The hawaii culinary education foundation's mission is to provide hawaiis culinary students and professional access to the best knowledge and exposure to cutting-edge techniques through a variety of programs and educational opportunities…

Education
12
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $6,990 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen: $3,600 · OtherMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenHAWAII BUDDHIST CULTURAL SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherHAWAII BUDDHIST CULTURAL SOCIETY+7 more: $1,832 · Other+7 moreHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUN…AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVIN…HAWAII CHINESE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII CHINESE ASSOCI…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationTHE BOARD O…PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $250 · EducationPUBLIC SCHO…ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE FROM VIETNAM CAMBODIA AND LAOS: $1,500 · Human ServicesUnited States Association for UNHCR: $250 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 · InternationalFRIENDS OF HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK: $300 · Arts & CultureKOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION: $250 · EnvironmentMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 · Health
Other$15,422Philanthropy$5,000Education$2,750Human Services$1,500International$750Arts & Culture$300Environment$250Health$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF CHINESE FROM VIETNAM CAMBODIA AND LAOS: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII CHINESE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Aloha Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aloha Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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